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Minchanin took two loans for fraudsters, and then became their courier

Criminal investigation officers of the capital’s police detained a 63-year-old Minsk citizen who became a courier of telephone fraudsters, and also issued for them...

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Minchanin took two loans for fraudsters, and then became their courier

Criminal investigation officers of the capital police detained a 63-year-old Minsk citizen, who became a courier of telephone fraudsters, and also issued loans for them. This was reported in the Mingory Executive Committee, writes sb.by.

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Illustrative SB photo

First, the man called allegedly an employee of Energosbyt, who asked to dictate the code from the SMS to replace the meters. At the same time, the Minsk resident said that he immediately recognized the fraud. However, when the second call allegedly came from the State Control Committee, the man lost his vigilance and believed.

Minchanov was convinced that fraudsters issued loans on his behalf, and to reset them, you need to issue mirror loans and return the money to the bank through freelance couriers. He believed, took from the house 30 thousand rubles and asked for two loans for almost 40 thousand rubles. All these cash the man left at stops and near the cemetery.

He also took money from a defrauded Minsk woman and went on the same mission to Vitebsk. He hid the money he received in hiding for the next couriers.

All the facts are checked.

In Belarus, the police for the day suspended spending operations on 40 accounts after reports of calls scammers

Source: СБ. Беларусь сегодня ↗

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